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Innsbruck, Austria

Innsbruck
Innbruck
Innbruck
Coat of arms of Innsbruck
Coat of arms
Innsbruck is located in Austria
Innsbruck
Innsbruck
Location within Austria
Coordinates: 47°16′N 11°23′E / 47.267°N 11.383°E / 47.267; 11.383Coordinates: 47°16′N 11°23′E / 47.267°N 11.383°E / 47.267; 11.383
Country Austria
State Tyrol
District Statutory city
Government
 • Mayor Christine Oppitz-Plörer
Area
 • Total 104.91 km2 (40.51 sq mi)
Elevation 574 m (1,883 ft)
Population (1 January 2016)
 • Total 130,894
 • Density 1,200/km2 (3,200/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal codes 6010–6080
Area code 0512
Vehicle registration I
Website innsbruck.at
Largest groups of foreign residents
Nationality Population (2015)
 Germany 7,487
 Italy 2,980
 Turkey 2,972
 Serbia 1,456
 Bosnia & Herzegovina 1,294

Innsbruck (German: [ˈʔɪnsbʁʊk], local pronunciation: [ˈʔɪnʃprʊk]) is the capital city of Tyrol in western Austria. It is located in the Inn valley, at its junction with the Wipp valley, which provides access to the Brenner Pass some 30 km (18.6 mi) to the south.

Innsbruck lies about halfway between Munich in Germany and Verona in Italy. Located in the broad valley between high mountains, the so-called North Chain in the Karwendel Alps (Hafelekarspitze, 2,334 metres or 7,657 feet) to the north, and the Patscherkofel (2,246 m or 7,369 ft) and Serles (2,718 m or 8,917 ft) to the south.

Innsbruck is an internationally renowned winter sports centre, and hosted the 1964 and 1976 Winter Olympics as well as the 1984 and 1988 Winter Paralympics. Innsbruck also hosted the first Winter Youth Olympics in 2012. The name translates as "Inn bridge".

Earliest traces suggest initial inhabitation in the early Stone Age. Surviving pre-Roman place names show that the area has been populated continuously. In the 4th century the Romans established the army station Veldidena (the name survives in today's urban district Wilten) at Oenipons (Innsbruck), to protect the economically important commercial road from Verona-Brenner-Augsburg in their province of Raetia.


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